In her quest for "fair skin", an Ivorian YouTuber recently visited a market stall in Abidjan to receive several injections promoted as containing whitening agents. The influencer, who asked to ...

Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, raised concerns over increasing use of skin-lightening products in Nigeria, citing health risks.

Harish, a bank salesperson, experienced kidney damage after using an unlabelled skin-whitening cream containing heavy metals. Doctors revealed such creams can cause membranous nephropathy.

Sometimes skin lightening products are used to treat ... shown that some people have suffered allergic reactions to the injections, liver and kidney damage. Knowing the health risks associated ...

Amazon on Friday settled a decadelong legal battle by agreeing to block skin-lightening creams containing dangerous amounts of mercury from its website. The settlement requires that Amazon pay a ...